Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Cancer - The Deadly Legacy of the Invasion of Iraq (OneWorld.net)
• Iraqi dad charged with murder may need mental exam (AP)
• UK agreed cease-fire with Iraqi militants in Basra (AP)
• 5 Iraqis killed in traffic accident with US forces (AP)
• U.S. convoy's driving questioned in wreck that kills Iraqis (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq cabinet approves oil deals with foreign firms (AFP)

Cancer - The Deadly Legacy of the Invasion of Iraq (OneWorld.net) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:57 PM PST OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 6 (New America Media) - Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al Qaeda. The real hazard for Iraqis these days is cancer.

Iraqi dad charged with murder may need mental exam (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:27 PM PST AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his 20-year-old daughter because he believed she had become too westernized doesn't understand court proceedings and may need a mental-health evaluation, his lawyer said Wednesday.

UK agreed cease-fire with Iraqi militants in Basra (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:21 AM PST AP - Britain negotiated a cease-fire with Iraqi militants in Basra three months before British troops pulled out of the city, a senior British official told his country's Iraq inquiry Wednesday.

5 Iraqis killed in traffic accident with US forces (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:20 AM PST AP - A minibus carrying an extended Iraqi family collided Wednesday with a U.S. military vehicle south of Baghdad, killing five Iraqis and wounding at least 10 people, including three American soldiers, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

U.S. convoy's driving questioned in wreck that kills Iraqis (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:22 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - HILLAH, Iraq — Dazed and blood-spattered, Badriya Hussein whispered prayers Wednesday over the blanket-covered bodies of her relatives on a highway south of Baghdad, where a U.S. military convoy that was traveling in the wrong lane had hit a passenger van.

Iraq cabinet approves oil deals with foreign firms (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:43 AM PST AFP - Iraq has approved all pending deals with foreign energy firms over oil fields auctioned last year, paving the way for more than 100 billion dollars in investment, the oil ministry said Wednesday.

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